Improvement in combined hand-spinning and reeling-machines



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; 'UNITEIb i STATES ATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM P. HATCH, `OF LINCOLN CENTRE, MAINE'. l

` IMPROVEMENT IN coMeiNEo HAND-sPlNNlNe AND Resume-MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 115,465, dated May 30,1871.

To all whom it may concern;

\ Be itknown that-I, WILLIAM P. HATCH, of Lincoln Centre, in the county of Penobscot and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improved Hand-Spinner; and I hereby decla-re the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of my invention, which will enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1` shows an elevation of the back 5 Fig 2, a detail of the spindle-head.

Same letters show like parts. Y The object of `my invention is to produce a simple and durable hand-spinner, which will be at once compact, easily operated, and ser- My device can be used to advantage in spinning, quillng, or spooling yarn, being adapted, by properadjustment, toall these purposes. It is readily adjustable by a clamp to any ordinary table, and when not in use occupies little space. l

Its construction and operation will be readn ily understood by reference to the accompanying drawing. t l

I will rst explain my device as adapted to Spinnin g. In this operation the wheel A, which is attached to an extension of the base B, furnishes the driving-power `in the usual manner,

` and gives motion to the speed-wheel C' through Va friction-wheel, a, which is xed upon the axle C. FromG runs the belt h directly to the i ,y smallpulleyhuponthe spindle-fo itself, which `thus gets the motion required for the work.

In reeling yarn afterit is spun the wheel `A also acts as a driving-wheel. In this case it i `imparts motion to the reel g through a friction-Wheel, b, having a pulley, c, attached to its axle, from whichpulley c passes the belt w to the pulley d, attached to the axle, upon which the reel g revolved-thus giving it its revolution. In this case the friction-wheel a, attached to the speed-wheel,`is removed from contact with the wheel A by means to be hereinafter explained. l "Upon theaxle of the pulley dis a stud or pin, which operates a clockwheel for counting the yarns wound upon the reel, as common. The manner in which the pulleys a and b are alternately removed from contact with the driving-wheel A I will now explain: Instead of being rigidly attached to the base B ora support attached to it, they have their axles in opposite ends of a vertical rocker, 1'. This rocker is mounted upon a pivot iu the standard t, attached to the base B, and, moving on said pivot, its ends are 'capable of being moved near to or withdrawn from the wheel A alternately. This move- Y ment is regulated by a screw, s, passing through the up'per end of the rocker and into the standard t, which has a thread to receive it. By turning this screw so as to bring the upper end of the rocker nearer the standard, the lower end, and consequently the pulley b, is brought towardthe wheel A, and vice versa. As before stated, in spinning the pulley c is brought to the wheel A, and in reeling the pulley b, the other pulley, in either case,

being removedV from contact with the wheel A; and both may be removed, when necessary,

by au intermediate position of the screw. In the above-described operations the wheel A furnished the driving-power. In quillin g and spooling the power is furnished directly from the speed-wheel C, which has a handle upon it for the purpose; and in dotted lines at w I will describe the device for performing the last-mentioned operations. As stated, the

power is taken from the wheel C, and the requisite speed is attained by changing the belt h from the pulley l, where it was when Spinnin g, to and over a pulley, t, which is attached to the swifts standard above the spindie-head. Upon the same axle as the pulley tis a second pulley, j, from which a belt, k, passes over the pulley lof the spindle, 'and imparts to it motion. The sizes ofthe pulleys i, j, and Z are so arranged in comparison with each other that'a sufficient speed is attained.

Both pulleys a and b are removed from contact withV the wheel A during the peration, and it is not in motion. The yarn to be spooled or quilled-is takendirectly from the swifts (which, when employed in reeling the yarn, act as a reel) to a spool or quill placed upon the spindle c, passing through the guide-wire fw in its progress, and revolving the swifts as it is wound off. The pulleys 'i and j, which were mentioned as being attached to the swifts standard, are secured thereto by a thumbscrew, m, passing through a vertical slot in said standard, and are capable of a motion upward or downward in said slot,seen at n.

This allows the band k to be tightened, it' teo loose, by raising` the pulleys i and j in the slot a, and increasing the distance between them and the pulley Z. To admit of the tightening -of the belts it and w, the spindle-head y, to

which also the swifts standard is secured,is capable of moving backward or forward iu a slot, z, (see dotted lines,) in the base B, and can be fixed in any position in said slot by the thumb-screw p, making said belts as tight as may be desired.

It will be seen that my device is capable of ready adaptation to the various uses of spinning, reeling, spooling, and quilling, and is effectual and capable of performing its Work in either capacity.

That I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. rlhe combination and arrangement of the friction driving-Wheel. A, standard t, rockerbar 1', screw s, friction-wheel a, speed-Wheel G, belt H, small pulley Z, and spindle e, as herein described, for the purposes set forth.

2. The combination and arrangement of the friction driving-Wheel A, standard t, rockerbar i', screw s, friction-wheel z, pulley c, belt w, pulley d, and reel g, as herein set forth, for

the purposes described.

VILLIAM P. HATCH. Witnesses:

WM. FRANKLIN Snnvnr, H. D. FULLER. 

